The wait is finally over for Steam users eager to get their chance to burn Survivors as Art the Clown in Dead by Daylight. Available now in the Playable Test Build on Steam, Art the Clown, aka The Terrifier, and new Survivor Sienna Shaw join the ever-growing cast of memorable characters.
Available today via the Steam Public Test Build and officially releasing on November 24, Dead by Daylight: Terrifier brings a new level of chaos and clownery into The Entity’s Trials.
A love letter to the series’ most iconic kills, Art’s gameplay delivers on the killer clown’s signature blend of carnage and comedy with a trash bag full of terrifying toys for players to unleash.
A serial killer raised from the dead by demonic forces, Art the Clown is always down for a bloody good time.
With his Power, Bag of Toys, Art reaches into his trash bag for a random selection of weapons including a flail, a flamethrower, a firearm, a beer bottle full of acid, and even that little bike horn. Each successful hit with a toy builds its deadliness, eventually letting Art knock down injured Survivors and execute them with murderous glee. To top it off, each weapon will have its own unique Mini-Mori.
As for perks, Art has three: Funny Business grants a random effect in addition to a temporary haste buff whenever you damage a Generator. These effects can be as helpful as blocking Generators or as wacky as a burst of confetti. Kill Spree ends each Trial with a merry massacre, letting Art unlock the ability to kill remaining Survivors when they have all reached 2 Hook States and all Generators have been completed. Finally, Laughingstock makes Survivors near completed Generators Exhausted and Oblivious.
Countering Art’s mayhem is Survivor Sienna Shaw, who has a few tricks of her own. Best Gift Ever lets you drop items to gain powerful passive abilities. Whenever you take a protection hit, Shared Trauma allows all Survivors within 12m to recover from the Exhausted status while running. After being chased by the Killer, Valkyrie’s Rage lets you turn the tables by unleashing an extra-powerful pallet stun.
Arriving alongside Art and Sienna is The Hartshorne Mall, a brand-new original Map that has been long requested by the Dead by Daylight community. Littered with haunting storefronts and liminal hallways, what was once a friendly space for families to go shopping has been warped by The Entity into a dark reflection of itself.
Answering the long-standing request from the community to explore more liminal spaces in The Fog, this Map invokes a nostalgic, comforting, but also unsettling feeling as the familiar turns into the uncanny. Keen-eyed players may be able to spot some interesting lore drops for beloved Survivor Dwight Fairfield, who experienced a traumatic encounter with The Entity while lost in the mall as a child.
The Dead by Daylight: Terrifier Chapter will arrive for PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, Xbox One and the Xbox Series, and the Nintendo Switch.
